In their words: Seahawks win Super Bowl XLVIII

February 3, 2014 4:20 AM

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In their words: Seahawks win Super Bowl XLVIII

When the confetti had fallen and the Broncos had sulked to their losing locker room, the victorious Seattle Seahawks spoke their mind about their spectacular performance in Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday. Here's a collection of the best quotes from the Seahawks after beating Denver 43-8 to bring home the Vince Lombardy Trophy for the first time in Seattle history.

"It's a big deal. It was a big game for us and we played great. We played the way we wanted to play. We prepared beautifully. The team was totally focused on getting this done and it played out the way we wanted it to play. All phases contributed. It was not really even a question in their mind that we wouldn't perform like this."

"To get this first win in franchise history, it's unbelievable. It's emotional to think about all the guys, the great players that have played before us. That was our thing. We wanted to say, 'Why not us?' We believed in that. It was real for us. I knew that we were here for a reason."

"It's unbelievable. Twelfth Man, we did it, we brought the Super Bowl back. We love you guys and we're on our way. It means a lot. I think Seattle deserves this more than any city, and they've been faithful since the beginning. So, first Super Bowl for Seattle -- we brought it."

"(The award) just represents how our defense played. I'm just here to represent the defense. I played well tonight and I had a couple opportunities. You've seen guys out here make those types of plays and tonight was my turn. I'm here and it's definitely on behalf of them."

"It's just a big horse off my back. I finally was able to give my team something for four quarters. That meant a lot to me. Being injured all season, it took a toll on me. Being able to finish and being able to give my teammates something back, because I leaned on those guys so much this year to keep me in spirits and just keep me going, it meant the world to me."

"Let me repeat it: I am a Super Bowl champion. We are Super Bowl champions. It feels really good. We all came out there and did what we do best. We didn't try to make stuff up. We just did what we have done for the last 22 or 23 games, and it feels good."

"It's a true, true blessing. God is so good. We believed we would get here. At the beginning of the season I told our guys, 'Hey, why not us?' We believed that we could get here. We had the talent. We had the coaching staff. We have the best fans in the National Football League. We wanted to win it all, and we just said go 1-0. That was our mentality throughout the whole season. We continued to fight. We continued to grow together. We have great teammates and I couldn't have done it without the guys."

"(Russell Wilson) is a baller. He had two weeks to prepare for these guys. His surrounding cast is awesome. His offensive line did their job. Marshawn ran the ball. Turbin ran the ball. Receivers came up big. For everybody who said we were mediocre, not the main dish -- we came up big. Three of our four (receivers) scored touchdowns. Eat your words because we balled."

"I think we played a great football team. We needed to play really well in order to win, and we didn't come anywhere close to that. We weren't sharp offensively from the very get-go. The turnover on the first play of the game to give them the safety is not the way you want to start a game. What whatever reason, we couldn't get much going after that. Give Seattle a lot of credit. They are an excellent football team, and they caused a lot of our mistakes. At the same time, we just didn't play well tonight."

"We had a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication and the team deserves it. Russell Wilson, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor, they deserve this. The Legion of Boom, baby. I hope we etched our names in the history books. This is the No. 1 offense in the history of the NFL and we were able to play a good game against them. Peyton Manning may go down as one of the greatest to ever play the game, and we're just blessed to have an opportunity to play against him. I can't believe it."

"'Leave no doubt.' We started that at the beginning of the season. That's just the mindset we wanted to have throughout the whole season. Just go every game and leave no doubt in mind that you're going to play your best, you're going to give it all, and that's exactly what we did throughout this whole season."

"We're just excited for the opportunity. That's all you can ask in life, is the opportunity to do something. Obviously, we've done something great, but this isn't the end of it. We're going to keep striving to get better and we're going to try to stay on top as much as possible."

"To be the second African-American (quarterback) to win the Super Bowl, that's history right there. There are so many guys before me who have tried to change the game and done a great job at it. God's so good. It doesn't matter what you look like. It doesn't matter if you're black, white, Latino, Asian. It doesn't matter if you're 5-foot-11. It doesn't matter how many people tell you no. It's the heart that you have. That's what I try to prove every day."

"It's all about making history. This was a dominant performance from top to bottom. You had guys that stepped up that you wouldn't even think up. That's what this team is all about. This whole journey that we had, we've been enjoying this whole process and the destination. Like I've been saying all year, it took care of itself."